Republican Donald Trump’s claim that Arab Americans cheered during the September 11, 2001 attacks is just the latest in a string of falsehoods from US presidential candidates.

Trump is not alone among the candidates in distorting the truth, according to fact-checkers.

Carly Fiorina falsely claimed the United States was preparing to accept 250,000 Syrian refugees; Marco Rubio said that welders earn more than philosophers; and Ben Carson stated that no signatories of the Declaration of Independence had elected office experience.

AFP’s story plays fast and loose with the truth in a number of areas. We’ll focus on the story’s most obvious error.

Fiorina and the 250,000

AFP said Fiorina falsely claimed the United States was preparing to accept 250,000 Syrian refugees. The story says it was the “fact checkers” who found the falsehoods.

We couldn’t find any case of Fiorina referring to 250,000 Syrian refugees in any story other than the one from AFP.

The falsehood has continued to spread thanks to the AFP article. Raw Story. The Taipei Times. The Straits Times. It is likely the falsehood will spread further before and after the news agency corrects its error.

Fiorina didn’t say Obama was preparing to allow 250,000 Syrian refugees into the country. The AFP story on fact-checking has its facts wrong.